Plants for sustainable improvement of indoor air quality

F Brilli, S Fares, A Ghirardo, P de Visser… - Trends in plant …, 2018 - cell.com
Indoor pollution poses a serious threat to human health. Plants represent a sustainable but
underexploited solution to enhance indoor air quality. However, the current selection of …

Indoor environmental quality in social housing: A literature review

EDL Patino, JA Siegel - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The unprecedented levels of urbanization in the last century have led to significant social
housing populations in cities across the world. Housing conditions in social housing units …

Improved Oxygen Activation over a Carbon/Co3O4 Nanocomposite for Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Formaldehyde at Room Temperature

R Li, Y Huang, D Zhu, W Ho, J Cao… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxygen activation is a key step in the catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde (HCHO) at room
temperature. In this study, we synthesized a carbon/Co3O4 nanocomposite (C-Co3O4) as a …

Attuning to the chemosphere: Domestic formaldehyde, bodily reasoning, and the chemical sublime

N Shapiro - Cultural Anthropology, 2015 - journal.culanth.org
Chronic domestic chemical exposures unfold over protracted timelines and with low velocity.
In this article I argue that such microscopic encounters between bodies and toxicants are …

Indoor air quality, ventilation and their associations with sick building syndrome in Chinese homes

Y Sun, J Hou, R Cheng, Y Sheng, X Zhang… - Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
To study the association of indoor air quality and ventilation in Chinese homes with
occupants' sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms, we performed a study in 32 homes over …

Indoor occurrence and health risk of formaldehyde, toluene, xylene and total volatile organic compounds derived from an extensive monitoring campaign in Harbin, a …

ZF Zhang, X Zhang, X Zhang, LY Liu, YF Li, W Sun - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Human exposure to formaldehyde, toluene, xylene (FTX) and other volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) are associated with negative health impact. To characterize the …

“Greener” adhesives composed of urea-formaldehyde resin and cottonseed meal for wood-based composites

M Liu, Y Wang, Y Wu, Z He, H Wan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin is one of the most widely used adhesives in wood-based
composites. The major concerns of the resin utilization are free formaldehyde release and …

APTES-modified nanocellulose as the formaldehyde scavenger for UF adhesive-bonded particleboard and strawboard

J Kawalerczyk, J Walkiewicz, D Dziurka, R Mirski… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work examines the possibility of applying non-modified nanocellulose and
nanocellulose functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) as a formaldehyde …

Indoor air quality in the Swedish housing stock and its dependence on building characteristics

S Langer, G Bekö - Building and Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Data from a recent Swedish survey on the status of the housing stock and indoor air quality
were placed in the public domain by the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and …

Chitin nanocrystals as an eco-friendly and strong anisotropic adhesive

H Liu, Y Feng, X Cao, B Luo, M Liu - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To solve the damage to the environment and human body caused by organic solvent
adhesives in the utilization process, chitin nanocrystal (ChNC) suspension is explored as a …